Conan O'Brien Quotes

In New York, we had primary elections for mayor. To improve their chances, all five candidates changed their name to Rudy Giuliani.

Conan O'Brien

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I don't theorize too much. I sort of let the experience sink in, and I have to discover what the character is by doing it, and having those thoughts that she's thinking.

Jill Clayburgh

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In the end, being the writer on set is a bit like having organised a big party, but you're not allowed to eat or drink anything. You just have to stand in the corner.

John Niven

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When you are a celebrity, nothing remains secret for very long.

Michael Douglas

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Politics is not a tit-for-tat game. It's not 'I helped you, now you help me.'

Amanda Knox

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I think journalism is important.

Tom Stoppard

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I hate not giving the people what they want.

Robin Thicke

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Movies by Carlos Saura and others had ghosts, memories from the past, that they used to make a political point. Things you couldn't talk about openly, you could speak of through ghosts.

Juan Antonio Bayona

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My father was a sea captain, so was his father, and his father before him, and all my uncles. My mother's people all followed the sea. I suppose that if I had been born a few years earlier, I would have had my own ship.

Joseph C. Lincoln

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In the beginning, I was doing whatever came my way. But that's how life is. I am not sitting around calling a 'daddy' to make a movie for me.

Ali Fazal

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If more women are in leadership roles, we'll stop assuming they shouldn't be.

Sheryl Sandberg

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I really enjoy what little time I have at home. The golf course and practice facilities are perfect and so close to home!

Paula Creamer

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I recently finished a job, an HBO movie 'Getting On,' a very dark comedy. It comes from a British series of the same name. In this role I have no hair, no make up and no nails. I play a very small role; she is not over the top and sassy.

Niecy Nash

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